Garment-bag.



D. B. PALK.

GAR'MENT BAG. APPLICATION FILED Dnc. 12, 1912.

1,07G,90. Patent-ea Aug. 19, 1913.

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D. B. FALK=- GARMENTBAG. APPLICATION FILED DEO.12, 1912.

1,0?0,790 PatenteaAug. 19, 1913. M 4 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2. I

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ATTORNEYS DAVID BEAUREGARD FALK, 0F SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

GARMENT-BAG.

Specification oi? Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

Application led December 12, 1912. Serial No. 736,314.

To au 'whom it may concern.'

Be it knownthat I, Davila B. FALK, a citiaen of the United States, and a resident of Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in garment bags or bags for holding garments and will be found useful in the delivery of gar ments as well as in protecting garments temporarily or from season to season as may be desired; and the invention consists in oertain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bag open ready to receive a garment. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bag shown in Fig. 1- as in use with the garment inclosed and with the garment hanger in position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing a somewhat dif# ferent construction from that presented in Figs. 1 and 2 in that the bottom flap is eX- tended up sufficiently to overlap the top flap and permit securing both flaps together or by one set of fastenings. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of' a somewhat diferent construction of bag ready to receive the garment. Fig. 5 isa perspective view Vof the bag shown, in Fig. 4 as in use. cross section on about line (5*6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a cross section on about line 7-7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a detail section on about line 8-8 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 shows a different form of. fastening means from that shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Fig. 10 shows a bag made withoutthe bellows at the sides.

The bag may be made ,of any suitable material preferably ofstout paper and comprises, in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a body portion A which may be regarded as in tubular form, open at the bottom A and at the top A2, having at its sides the bellows folds A3 and vprovidedA with a bottom Hap B for closing the lower end of the body A and with a top flap C for closing the upper end of the body A. The bellows folds at A3 may be preferred because they permit the swelling out of the bag as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 7 to accommodatea number of garments but manifestly these bellows folds may be omitted as shown for instance in Fig.'10 of the drawings, without departing from some of the principles of my in- Fig. 6 is a' force the top-flap and aid in securing a pracl tically dust tight closure at the upper end of the bag as will be understood from said Fig. 3 of the drawings. This also permits the useof one set of fasteners to secure both flaps, see Fig.v3.

In the use of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, lthe garment is suitably supported on a hanger D and may be drawn u to the position shown in Fig. 2 andthe bot'- tom flap B and the top flap C be closed as shown in Fig. 2 and sealed either by a suitable adhesive mucilage or paste, an adhesive being shown atI B and C in Fig. 1, or

if desired,- other forms of fastenings such, for instance, as the popular button and cord fastening such as shown in Fig. 9, -may be utilized in securing the top and bottom flaps when the latter are closed as will be understood from the drawings, see' Fig. 3 showing one fastening for both flaps.

To permit the passage of the shank of the garment supporter D with respect to the top Hap C, it is preferred to make the said top flap in two side sections or tongues arranged side by side and separated at their meeting edges on about the median line of the bag as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in such manner as to permit the passage of the garment sup?1 porter shank. Manifestly the tongues or sections may bepformed as shown at E in Figs. 4 and 5 with their meeting edges separated simply by a out or slit formed parallel to the direction of length of the body portion of the bag, but it is preferred to make the tongues C10 and C11 of the top Hap Cas shown in Fig. 1 to overlap at their meeting edges so they will thus close the gap between the separated adjacent edges of the tongues and so render the bag more nearly dust proof as well as forming a reinforce for each other at the meeting edges of the tongues as will be understood from Figs'l and 2 of the drawings. In thus 'forming the tongues to through the lower open end of the body A tween the sides of the l the shank of a garment hanger,

diagonal to the direction of length of the bag and Haring outwardly from the central or median line of the bag at C12 as will be understood vfrom Fig. l of the drawings, so that I thus. secure a considerable lap or eX- tension of both of the tongues beyond the median line of the bag to increase the reinforcing effect as well as to prevent as far as possible the ingress of dust when the bag is in use. f

I claim:

l. J5L-garment bag comprising a body portion open at both ends and having bellows folds at its sides and provided with a bottom' flap for closing its lower end and with a top flap for closing its upper end, said top flap being composed oftwo tongues separated at their adjacent edges midway beiiap and having their said edges formed on diagonal lines iaring in opposite directions away from the median line of the bag whereby there are provided overlapping portions at the inner meeting edges of the tongues, the separated inner edges of the tongues forming a passage for which 'passage extends to the folding line between the body of the bag and the top iap, substantially `as and for the purposes set forth. v

2. A. garment bag comprising a b ody ortionl open at both ends and having a ottom flap for closing its lower end and a top flap for closing its upper end, the top Hap being composed of two tongues separated at their adjacent edges midway between the sides of the flap for the passage of a garment hanger shank with said tongues overlapping at their meeting edges to form a closure for the joint at such point, the passage for the garment hanger shank extending to the folding line between the body of the bag and the top flap, substantially as set forth.

3. A garment bag having a top flap for closing its upper end composed of two tongues `or sections separated at their adjacent edges forming a passage between themv for the shank of a garment hanger, such passage extending to the folding line between the body of the bag and the top iiap, one of said tongues overlapping the other laterally at said adjacent edges, substantially as set forth. v

4. A garment bag comprising a body por tion open at its upper and lower ends, a top flap for closing the upper end ofsaid body portion, said topI flap being composed of two tongues or sections separated at their adjacent edges to form a passage between them for the shank of a garment hanger, and a bottom flap for closing the lower end of the body, said/bottom length to extend up over and overlap the top flap when the latter is adjusted to position for use, substantially as set forth.

DAVID EAUREGARD FALK.

Witnesses:

' A. A. SoLoMoNs,

W. H. ALL.

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